Ex Machina

Alex Garland, UK, 2015o

s
vBack

Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.

While multiplex fantasy remains an extravagantly caped boys’ club, a stealthy gender inquiry is taking place in more specialized sci-fi territory, with Alex Garland’s brittle, beautiful “Ex Machina” its latest slyly thoughtful line of questioning. A worthy companion piece to “Under the Skin” and “Her” in its examination of what constitutes human and feminine identity — and whether those two concepts need always overlap — Garland’s long-anticipated directorial debut synthesizes a dizzy range of the writer’s philosophical preoccupations into a sleek, spare chamber piece: Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” redreamed as a 21st-century battle of the sexes. Exquisitely designed and electrically performed by Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleesonand particularly Oscar Isaac.

Guy Lodge

«Ex Machina» ist ein elegant inszenierter Science-Fiction-Thriller. Ein klug konstruiertes Psychospiel zwischen drei Einsamen, das etwas mühsam in Gang kommt. Der Film ist eine Parabel auf die menschliche Hybris. Nathan, der sich als Gott bezeichnet, baut mit seinen Robotern, interessanterweise nur Frauen, die evolutionären Nachfolger der Menschen. Seine Kreaturen sind intelligent, schön und unsterblich. Aber auch unberechenbar.

Denise Bucher

Ein Frankenstein-Experiment fürs Silicon-Valley-Zeitalter: In seinem Regiedebüt entfesselt der Drehbuchautor Alex Garland einen gnadenlosen Erotikthriller über das Flirtverhalten von Maschinen. Und stellt fest, dass Männer – repräsentiert durch Oscar Isaac und Domhnall Gleeson – sich auch von künstlichen Mädchen vollkommen unbeholfen in die schlimmste Amour fou locken lassen.

David Steinitz

Galleryo

The New York Times, 4/8/2015
All rights reserved The New York Times. Provided by The New York Times Archiv
Huffington Post, 10/3/2015
All rights reserved Huffington Post. Provided by Huffington Post Archiv
4/28/2015
All rights reserved Filmbulletin. Provided by Filmbulletin Archiv
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 4/21/2015
All rights reserved Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Provided by Neue Zürcher Zeitung Archiv
Der Standard, 4/18/2015
All rights reserved Der Standard. Provided by Der Standard Archiv
Video Essay: Ex Machina — The Control of Information
Michael Tucker / Lessons from the Screenplay
en / 12/19/2016 / 10‘44‘‘

Analysis of the "Ava Sessions"
Goutham Gnanasekaram / Film-Drunk Love
en / 6/25/2015 / 8‘25‘‘

Behind The Scenes
/ The Creators Project
en / 1/7/2017 / 8‘40‘‘

Alex Garland about Ava and Gender Consciousness
From Nicholas Laskin / indiewire.com
en / 33‘46‘‘

Movie Datao

Other titles
Ex_Machina DE
Ex_Machina FR
Genre
Drama, Science fiction
Running time
108 Min.
Original language
English
Ratings
cccccccccc
ØYour rating7.7/10
IMDB user:
7.7 (616919)
Cinefile-User:
< 3 votes
Critics:
< 3 votes

Cast & Crewo

Domhnall GleesonCaleb
Alicia VikanderAva
Oscar IsaacNathan
MORE>

Bonuso

iVideo
Video Essay: Ex Machina — The Control of Information
Lessons from the Screenplay, en , 10‘44‘‘
s
Analysis of the "Ava Sessions"
Film-Drunk Love, en , 8‘25‘‘
s
Behind The Scenes
The Creators Project, en , 8‘40‘‘
s
gText
Review The New York Times
Manohla Dargis
s
Interview with Alex Garland
Huffington Post / Zaki Hasan
s
Review Filmbulletin
Simon Spiegel
s
Review Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Susanne Ostwald
s
Review Der Standard
Dominik Kamalzadeh
s
hAudio
Alex Garland about Ava and Gender Consciousness
indiewire.com / en / 33‘46‘‘
s
We use cookies. By continuing to surf on cinefile.ch you agree to our cookie policy. For details see our privacy policy.